Asynchronous food‐web pathways could buffer the response of Serengeti predators to El Niño Southern Oscillation [PDF]
, 2012 Understanding how entire ecosystems maintain stability in the face of climatic and human disturbance is one of the most fundamental challenges in ecology.
A. R. E. Sinclair +17 more
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Food-web structure in relation to environmental gradients and predator-prey ratios in tank-bromeliad ecosystems [PDF]
, 2013 Little is known of how linkage patterns between species change along environmental gradients. The small, spatially discrete food webs inhabiting tank-bromeliads provide an excellent opportunity to analyse patterns of community diversity and food-web ...
A Compin +46 more
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Robust Patterns in Food Web Structure [PDF]
, 2002 We analyze the properties of seven community food webs from a variety of environments--including freshwater, marine-freshwater interfaces and terrestrial environments.
American Physical Society +3 more
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An explanatory model for food-web structure and evolution [PDF]
, 2005 Food webs are networks describing who is eating whom in an ecological community. By now it is clear that many aspects of food-web structure are reproducible across diverse habitats, yet little is known about the driving force behind this structure ...
A.G. Rossberg +36 more
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Bioaccumulation modelling and sensitivity analysis for discovering key players in contaminated food webs: the case study of PCBs in the Adriatic Sea [PDF]
, 2015 Modelling bioaccumulation processes at the food web level is the main step to analyse the effects of pollutants at the global ecosystem level. A crucial question is understanding which species play a key role in the trophic transfer of contaminants to ...
Marianna Taffi a, D +3 more
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Reduced tillage, but not organic matter input, increased nematode diversity and food web stability in European long‐term field experiments [PDF]
, 2019 Soil nematode communities and food web indices can inform about the complexity, nutrient flows and decomposition pathways of soil food webs, reflecting soil quality.
De Caceres M. +22 more
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Intraspecific Behavioral Variation Mediates Insect Prey Survival via Direct and Indirect Effects
Diversity, 2020 Conspecific individuals often exhibit behavioral differences that influence susceptibility to predation. Yet, how such trait differences scale to affect prey population regulation and community structure remains unclear.
Benjamin J. Toscano +2 more
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Effect of multiple disturbances on food web vulnerability to biodiversity loss in detritus-based systems [PDF]
, 2015 Global biodiversity is affected by human pressure and climate change, and the present rate of biodiversity loss is probably higher than ever before. Community composition is also changing, and interspecific interactions are under severe pressure.
Calizza, Edoardo +2 more
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Linking food web functioning and habitat diversity for an ecosystem based management: A Mediterranean lagoon case-study [PDF]
, 2014 We propose a modelling approach relating the functioning of a transitional ecosystem with the spatial extension of its habitats. A test case is presented for the lagoon of Venice, discussing the results in the context of the application of current EU ...
Brigolin, D. +11 more
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Caught in the food web: complexity made simple?
Scientia Marina, 2001 Several historically separate lines of food-web research are merging into a unified approach. Connections between microbial and metazoan food webs are significant.
Lawrence R. Pomeroy
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